This film might have had a major influence on the original Star Trek series which followed, as a number of the story's elements would later be used in more than a dozen Star Trek episodes. The entire film had a Star Trek feel to it (sans Spock and The Enterprise). The manner in which a small group of space travelers walk around a claustrophobic set is a technique replicated numerous times on the original Star Trek series. It wasn't a given that Gene Rodenberry would depict alien planets in that same manner. Surprisingly, this is actually a very good little movie. While it may seem silly and amateurish set alongside "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Star Wars", for its time it was a nicely produced film.
Review of Journey to the Seventh Planet
